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Jan 2024
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The Struggle and Triumph of Living Authe...

JON BROOKS
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Dan Munro is back for a fourth conversation, and this might be my favourite one yet. Dan is a coach and the author of "The Naked Truth", and his whole project is honesty: what it costs to tell the truth, and what it costs not to. This time Sami Marcus from Beyond Stoicism joins me to dig in. A lot has changed for Dan since his last visit. He has become a fat ... Show More
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